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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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